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Friday, March 17, 2017

A Big. Huge. Giveaway! New DVDS are HERE!!!!

We Can Only Go Up From Here 16 x 16 Zen Houses Painting *will be featured in the Spring Auction by Stephanie Gagos starting April 18th, 2017

Hey Kids! Yes I am still alive! Heck I go to CanCun, and I don't surface for a month! HaHa! Gosh, so sorry it's been so long since I've posted! It's been a world wind last month or so that included a vacation with the fam, my first ever book signing! Woot Woot, My 3 day Abstract Class at the studio, and then I just returned from a fantastic weekend in Melbourne, Florida where I taught a 2 day Zen Painting course at the wonderful Art More Place!

In between that time I've been sick...I mean really sick! Dang why do I always get sick in February??? Maybe it's some sort of hidden life message I'm supposed to recognize! Who knows?! Because I was so sick, I actually tore a muscle in my rib from coughing (okay, and exercising on one of those AS SEEN ON TV exercise boards that you twist on)!! haha Oh my goodness, so I guess I twisted too much, too hard, and too fast for these old bones and blew out my rib and and then further injured it by coughing like a lunatic for 2-3 weeks straight. All I know was it was PAIN-FULLLLLLL!!!! Like, damn, I can't even breathe painful! Well, I'm happy to say that I'm back to ohhh you worked out too hard and have a pulled muscle pain which I'll take any day from the stabbing in the lung and blow out my insides type of pain!

Moral of the story friends, go to the Dr's if you are sick and get some medicine! Bad things happen when you don't!!

Cover art for my new DVD: The Passing 18 x 18 *will be featured in the Spring Auction by Stephanie Gagos starting April 18th, 2017

I'm sort of back to work this week. If you count digging yourself out of a big hole back to work then that's what I'm doing! haha! As a thank you for sticking with me during my absence, I'd like to offer you a fun giveaway featuring my new DVD'a JUST released by North Light, and can be purchased as a DVD, Download, or streamed over at their site, Artists Network TV Network.

I'm soooo excited to release these new products!!! Take a look:

If you'd like to take a look at the new workshops, please check out the links, here:

One question that comes up about the DVD's compared to my workshops is: How do the dvds differ than the in person or online workshops? This is a very valid question as the prices differ significantly as do what they each offer. Here's a brief explanation of some of the differences:

The DVD's are complete lessons usually spanning 1-2 hours in length. You'll get tips, projects and see an abridged version of the work in progress from start to finish. If you want a great set of lessons that you can view on your tv or computer at an extraordinary price, these are for you! *Or if you've taken an in person class and want to have something to reinforce the lessons learned after you leave, the DVD's are great options too.

Paper art...mixed media painting on paper. work in process.

Online workshops are more robust. For those of you who have taken them with me before, you know that my courses are very intensive and span usually 5-6 hours worth of content. The online courses do have more projects, some crossover with the videos but generally they are new lessons. In Online workshops you also will get a page handout and a supply list reference ( with clickable links in my Zen Painting course). Part of the course tuition is the fact I've done research for you and will make it easy for you to collect your supplies with a click of link. You also have access to my private groups and will receive help from me personally if you request it during the course. *I can not provide questions and answer time nor project review with the dvd or download of my videos unfortunately.

Looking for Love 6x6 Dirty Flirty Bird painting

*will be featured in the Spring Auction by Stephanie Gagos starting April 18th, 2017

In person classes are great if you have a hard time focusing in an online environment and need to ask questions/receive feedback in the moment. Workshops are filled with exercises, demonstrations, and live q&a in the moment. There's an energy that fills a room of eager students and a passionate teacher that just can't be replaced. Very often you also have the benefit of sampling very expensive products as part of your class or kit fee which saves you money from buying things you won't use again or didn't quite love. You can also see live how to use products you may never have experienced before. In most cases, instructors have to travel so the price of travel and expenses is factored into the workshops as are supplies so you will find that in person classes are on the highest end of the spectrum price wise (other than destination art retreats).

NEW Cold Wax Painting Stay tuned for a new collection release and upcoming workshop information!

Now that we got that out of the way, let's talk about my giveaway!! I want to share all 4 DVDs with one BIG winner so this is HUGE, a value worth close to 100 dollars! YAHOOO! The pot will sweeten if we get over 200 comments and shares in that I'll throw in a few key supplies you may want to use in each of the DVD which could potentially up the value of the prize another $60-75 dollars!

How to enter? Simply leave a comment and tell me what are some new techniques you are most eager to learn and why. If there's a new class you'd like to see me offer, heck let me know, too! You can get 1 extra entry if you share a link to this post in one of your social media outlets. To get that extra entry, just come back and comment again where you shared it. PLEASE be sure to leave an email or a way I can get a hold of you. If there's no clickable link or email when I got to pick a winner I'll pick a new one. Entries will be taken up until Sunday evening and I'll pick a winner on Monday! whooohoo!

Good luck everyone and have fun! If you just want to go ahead and pick up a copy of one of the dvds regardless of the prize pack, there are links above for you to go to right under the product image.

Have a great weekend, stay healthy, be well, and enjoy some creative time for yourself along the way!

78 comments
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WOOHOOO!!! What a generous giveaway!!! I would love to win. Really really interested in your Zen painting course! Painting has literally saved my life following the death of my son. I want to soak up everything there is to learn....still trying to find "my style"

Oh wow...what a wonderful thought to have some of your DVDs to look at. I love journaling and am fairly new at it. As a CZT I often throw in some patterns in my work and have enjoyed branching out into some abstract work over the last few years. I think your DVDs would be wonderful inspiration for me right now!!! I love the whimsical city scares and I think my biggest love is YUPO!!!My email is ginny.stiles@gmail.com

Wow! Those DVD's look awesome!! Crossing my fingers and toes! It's such a generous giveaway! Some new techniques I'd like to learn is the cold wax because I've never done it. Also I'd like to learn how to work on Yupo.

Congratulations Jodi. I agree, the most robust classes are in person as so much comes from spontinaity and interaction above and beyond planned class. I have been lucky to have a couple of in person classes as well as on line. Love your work. Having your DVDs would be amazing.

I"ve been on Creative Jumpstart & love the little lessons you do on there. Would love to learn more of your abstract techniques, & think having some DVDs would really help get that cranked up!Thanks muchDawnmoepar @ frontier.com

Wow, thanks for such a generous giveaway! All of these are on my to-do list of classes :) Right now I'm really interested in learning to use wax, soldering, and a few other odd-ball techniques! But of course, I'm also always interested in new ways to use current favorite supplies :)

I really found my way here because of Ginny Styles post on fb czt-site.......And, Wow that´s a great giveaway - like christmas! I have difficulties to decide which one would interest me most, they all sound like fun, Zen painting? Or Texture Techniques? O no - art journal jam..... and I have never been working on yupo paper. You see ;)

Jodi, I'm SO intrigued by your zen paintings! I was on the Creative Jumpstart website this week and flagged your Zen Painting class for followup this weekend. I can't wait to watch and learn your techniques and include my interpretation of them in my own work :D Other course areas of interest include creating more spontaneously without having a firm plan in place and shading techniques a la mixed media. shecoo at hotmail dot com

Wow, those DVD's look amazing. The texture one is the one that has my attention, and then the abstracts on Yupo looks fun, ok lets just say they all look fun to try! I would love to see a DVD on the cold wax/oil painting work you have started to play with someday. I love, love, love your work and just don't know how you do it, how do you bring it all together and create such interesting work that draws my eye in and gets my attention. Thanks for putting your art out into the world, it inspires me.Lisa Norvell, lknorvell@hotmail.com

What a fab giveaway! I have most of your classes/dvd (downloads) and of course your book! My dream is to come to the states and take a class with you or perhaps partake in ReMe one year soon! Abstract really intrigues me right now and am doing a lot of reading and note taking via your book and other resourses you have mentioned throughout your courses.email - wsquaredca (at) gmail (dot) com

I love yours and painting. I love experimenting with the mediums you share. I would love to continue with the mixed media course. I love your use of colour . I have shared this with friends on my Facebook. Thanks. Ruuska01@gmail.com

Jodi, I just love all of your work, especially the work you posted from your last workshop. Zen Painting is what I'd like to learn about and I'm also into painting with alcohol inks on Yupo. Hope that I'll be your winner!!!!

Would love all the dvd's......I am really enjoying learning new processes that allow for framing without being under glass....and want more exploration in painting.....appreciate all I have learned by just following your work....thanks for sharing! rss22@suddenlink.net

Wow - you have had a crazy month! I love your abstract! The colors are so vivid! I am still sort of new to the art world and am trying to find my niche. I am sure these DVDs would be of immense help and inspiration to me. I really would love to try more abstracts but I have to shut my brain off to do it! Thank you for the opportunity!

I love all your online courses, and the 2 in person classes I was fortunate enough to take were the best. I really want to learn Zenith painting, and am still heartbroken that I could not come to Kae Pea's to take that class!

Wow, what an amazing and generous giveaway! Thank you for the opportunity. I'm really excited about all of these new DVDs, thought I'm REALLY excited about the textures one. I love visual texture!!! And I'm happy to see the mention of an upcoming cold wax DVD too!

Wow. Would I love to win this one! Your work is so compelling. I'm interested in encaustic, but kind of wary about investing in more supplies for something I might not use a lot. I would love to see anything you do though. Your videos are some of the best I've seen.

I LOVED your Zen Painting workshop in Melbourne, FL. Being able to watch and learn from you in person was amazing, along with being in a room with other creative ladies! I took your Podcastic class on line and would love to win your DVDs to reinforce the Zen Painting techniques and to learn more of your Abstract techniques! pedersongail@yahoo.comHope to see you in a future Workshop!gail